Implementation Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
• Current State RD License where applicable.
• Strong working knowledge of the IDDSI framework.
• Experience in acute care or long-term care settings is highly preferred.
• Ability to teach, lead workshops, and manage a project timeline independently while maintaining excellent communication with facility leadership.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a comprehensive audit of current texture-modified diets and thickened liquids against IDDSI levels 0–7.
• Review the current master menu and modify therapeutic menus, recipes, and ordering systems to strictly comply with IDDSI descriptors and framework testing methods.
• Verify commercial thickeners, pre-thickened beverages, and pureed products with vendors to ensure total product alignment.
• Collaborate with IT and informatics teams to update electronic health records (EHR) and diet office software with standard IDDSI terminology as needed.
• Create tailored educational materials, reference visual aids, and competency forms for facility staff.
• Conduct hands-on training workshops demonstrating IDDSI testing protocols, including the Flow Test, Fork Drip Test, Spoon Tilt Test, and Fork Pressure Test.
• Train and certify departmental "IDDSI Champions" across acute care and long-term care units to provide ongoing peer-to-peer floor support.
• Identify, procure, and distribute necessary testing tools (e.g., standard 10mL syringes, forks, spoons) for kitchens and nursing units.
• Design and execute a coordinated Go-Live strategy and timeline tailored to clinical and food service workflows.
• Monitor initial meal services during the launch phase to troubleshoot real-time issues, support nursing staff, and ensure patient safety.
• Implement routine quality assurance audits of food production line outputs, patient tray lines, and floor nourishment rooms.
• Establish post-implementation compliance reporting, annual competency updates, and sustainability protocols to hand off to facility leadership.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling
• Full travel support
• Round-trip airfare and rental car are fully reimbursed separately.